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Barbara Ravel

Barbara Ravel

Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Sciences
School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Faculty of Education and Health
B-243, B.F. Avery Physical Education Centre

Biography

Barbara Ravel, Ph.D., joined the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at Laurentian University in 2008 as an Assistant Professor. She received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Human Kinetics from Université de Montréal, after a Master's and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from France. Her areas of expertise are Sport Psychology and the Sociology of Sport. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in sport with a particular interest on soccer/football and ice hockey in France as well as in Canada. She has presented and published in both English and French on these topics. 

Education

Ph.D. Human Kinetics - Université de Montréal

M.Sc. Human Kinetics - Université de Montréal

Master's Degree Psychology - Université Lyon 2 Lumière (France)

Bachelor's Degree Psychology - Université Lyon 2 Lumière (France)

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 2015-Present

Assistant Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 2008-2015

Research

Sociology of sport

Women in sport

Gender and sexuality

Non-conventional genders and sexualities

Sport and media

Qualitative research

Feminist, poststructuralist and queer theories

Awards

Barbara A. Brown Outstanding Student Paper Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (2006)

Teaching

EDPH 3406 - Entrainement mental

EDPH 4216 - Psychologie du sport

EDPH 4217 - Sociologie du sport

Publications

Academic Book Chapters

Refereed Journal Articles

Encyclopedia Entries

  • Ravel, B. (2012). Broomball. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 
  • Ravel, B. (2012). Ringette. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
  • Ravel, B. (2012). Sexuality and Sport, North America. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.